1. Who was appointed the new Chancellor of Nalanda University in January 2017?
1) Sugata Bose
2) Vijay Bhatkar
3) Meghanad Desai
4) Gopa Sabharwal
2. Havildar Hangpan Dada was posthumously awarded which of the following gallantry awards on January 26, 2017?
1) Mahaveer Chakra
2) Ashok Chakra
3) Kirti Chakra
4) Showrya Chakra
3. Who won the 2016 Scholastic Asian Book award for her manuscript "Codex: The Lost Treasure Of The Indus"?
1) Vaasanthi
2) Pallavi Aiyar
3) Aditi Krishna Kumar
4) Deepa Ganesh
4. Kambala buffalo race is unique to the state of:
1) Kerala
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Odisha
4) Karnataka
5. Binali Yildirim has replaced Ahmet Davutoglu as the Prime Minister of which of the following countries?
1) Syria
2) Iran
3) Turkey
4) Tunisia
6. Who became the youngest ever Formula One winner when he won the Spanish Grand Prix in
May 2016?
1) Kimi Raikkonen
2) Max Verstappen
3) Sebastian Vettel
4) Nico Rosberg
7. Which of the following books is written by Indian author Parashar Kulkarni?
1) The Vegetarian
2) Family Life
3) The Living
4) Cow and Company
8. Which of the following is the capital city of Papua New Guinea?
1) Port Moresby
2) Port Louis
3) Port Vila
4) Port-au-Prince
9. Patricia Espinosa Cantellano is the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).She belongs to which of the following countries?
1) Spain
2) Portugal
3) Mexico
4) Brazil
10. Who is the first female President of Taiwan?
1) Park Geun Hye
2) Tsai Ing-wen
3) Macharia Kamau
4) None of these
11. Identify the Mismatch pair.
State - Chief Minister
1) Kerala - Pinarayi Vijayan
2) Assam - Sarbananda Sonowal
3) Gujarat - Vijay Rupani
4) Haryana - Harish Rawat
12. Which of the following is an indigenously developed Advanced Air Defense interceptor missile?
1) Nag
2) Ashwin
3) Tejas
4) Dhruv
13. Who has been re-appointed ICC Cricket Committee Chairman for a second term?
1) David Richardson
2) Zahar Abbas
3) Shashank Manohar
4) Anil kumble
14. Islamic Development Bank (IDB) is headquartered in:
1) Doha
2) Islamabad
3) Dubai
4) Jeddah
15. Pakke Tiger Reserve won the India Biodiversity Award 2016. It is located in which of the following states?
1) Kerala
2) Arunachal Pradesh
3) Assam
4) Karnataka
16. Which of the following countries gives Millennium Technology Prize?
1) USA
2) Germany
3) Finland
4) Sweden
17. Sadiq Khan is the first Muslim Mayor of:
1) Paris
2) London
3) Rome
4) Berlin
18. Kargil Victory Day is celebrated every year on:
1) July 26
2) July 18
3) May 29
4) May 18
19. Which state's Chief Minister was conferred the Yug Kavi Siddhicharan prize for his contributions in promoting Nepali literature in India?
1) Nagaland
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Sikkim
4) Himachal Pradesh
20. Chabahar Port is located on the Gulf of Oman in which of the following countries?
1) Oman
2) Afghanistan
3) Iraq
4) Iran
21. Which of the following actresses has been appointed the Goodwil Ambassador of UNHCR?
1) Cate Blanchett
2) Emma Watson
3) Ashley Judd
4) Nicole Kidman
22. Talgo is a manufacturer of high speed trains. It is based in:
1) France
2) Spain
3) Bulgaria
4) U.K.
23. Who among the following is the President of Iran?
1) Ashraf Ghani
2) Abdullah Abdullah
3) Hassan Rouhani
4) Mohammad Khatani
24. Which country announced the closure of Dadaab, World's biggest refugee camp?
1) Somalia
2) Ethiopia
3) Eritrea
4) Kenya
25. Which team won the English Premier League Football title in May 2016?
1) Leicester city
2) Chelsea
3) Tottenham Hotspur
4) Manchester United
